Wall of Song Inauguration Day Launch in D.C.
Wall of Song with Michael Namkung, Inauguration Day Launch, Potomac Station, Washington, D.C. from Mel Day on Vimeo.
WALLOFSONGPROJECT.COMA MASSED SINGING OF LEONARD COHEN'S HALLELUJAHORGANIZED WITH MICHAEL NAMKUNG AND 130 VOICES AND COUNTING PROJECT REMAINS OPEN INDEFINITELY: SING HERE
Inauguration Day Launch: January 20th
San Jose Institute of Contemporary ArtProject Space //10-5pm // 560 South First Street San Jose, CA
Pop-up outdoor screenings, Washington, D.C. TBA
January 21st
"Directed Actions" Live Film SeriesLogan Fringe Arts Space // Trinidad Theatre@ 7pm //1358 Florida Ave NE Washington, DC 20002 DirectionsSan Jose Institute of Contemporary ArtProject Space //10-5pm // 560 South First Street San Jose, CA
Live Film Series: Directed Actions, Logan Arts space, Trinidad Theatre, Washington D.C. (Wall of Song with Michael Namkung) Jan. 21st, 2017)
Upcoming Screenings/Events/Installations
Feb 25th, 2017: Projects Contemporary Art Space: CTRL, Curated by Fatvillage Projects, Fort Lauderdale: Wall of Song with Michel Namkung (Jan. 28th-Friday Mar. 3rd) with a live performance closing event (Feb. 25th, 2017)
April 8th, 2017: Hammer Theatre, San Jose, CA, April 7-8, 2017, Paseo Public Prototyping Festival, Live event and screening
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About WallofSongProject.com
View 130 voices Potomac Station, Washington, D.C., Inauguration DayView preview of first 25 voices here
On January 20th, 2017—Inauguration Day—The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will sing at the swear-in ceremony. Our project invites you to participate in a different kind of choir—a massed singing of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah online.
there’s a blaze of light in every word it doesn’t matter which you heard the holy or the broken HallelujahWe are concerned about the future. While our values and opinions align us against this incoming power and the walls with which it seeks to divide us, we wish to mark this moment with something both permeable and powerful—a Wall of Song. This wall shuts out not a single voice, but rather invites all voices to be heard, while no individual voice is privileged. What does that sound like?This project asks questions: Can we create a public space that can hold both our hopes and our fears? Our praises and our lamentations? The holy and the broken? In this deeply divided political climate, and in the presence of real and direct threats to our most vulnerable citizens, what is the role of ambiguity and uncertainty? How do we negotiate the uncertain and unknown together?Wall of Song invites people of all political stripes, beliefs, orientations, countries of origin, and voices (singers and “non-singers”) who want to stand up for the vulnerable among and within us, to lift up their voices together in a holy or a broken hallelujah.Sing now by following the simple steps here. Please help us to reach our goal of at least 1000 voices. Please share widely. We need your voice. We need all kinds of voices. Don’t worry if you can’t sing. Don’t worry how you look. Nobody’s voice or face will stand out. Your voice will be lifted by hundreds of other voices, and your face will be layered among hundreds of other faces.The project is open now and for the first 100 days of the presidency. Participants who submit their singing by January 14th, 2017 will be part of the Inauguration Day launch although we will seek to incorporate submissions up until January 19th. Submissions received after this time will be added to the second and final version to be launched at the end of the 100 days, on April 29th, 2017. The goal is to build as large of a Wall of Song as possible and launch on multiple websites and platforms on Inauguration Day and at the end of the first 100 days.If you would like to screen the online performance on your website/platform/venue, please contact us at admin (at) wallofsongproject (dot) com. Please enter your contact information so that we can share with you occasional updates about where to watch the online performances.The act of singing alone together may help to remind us of the paradox and complexity of being human in this digital age. In Cohen’s words, “There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Thank you again for participating in the Wall of Song!—Organizers Mel Day and Michael Namkung / admin (at) wallofsongproject (dot) com 